A senior military commander says Iran is ready for a “decisive and difficult confrontation” with the US after Hillary Clinton threatens Tehran with military action.

A mourning event was held at the shrine of Sayyidah Zeinab (AS) in Syria’s capital of Damascus on Friday to pay tribute to founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini (RA), on the 27th anniversary of his demise.

Indications are growing that Russia’s trade with Iran have been on a decline over the past few months in what experts say could be a result of the warming trade relations between Iran and the West now that the sanctions against the country have been lifted.

Iran has announced that a major deal that it signed with Airbus in January to purchase 118 planes from the European aviation giant is still pending authorization from the United States.

A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic is in talks with countries other than US for the sales of its heavy water, adding that good progress has been made in this regard.

Iran is marking a popular uprising in 1963 which touched off a series of chain events, leading to the victory of the Islamic Revolution some 15 years later.